After returning to work today after a well deserved break we have had to cancel a couple of jobs due to the high winds. The removal van had been hit twice buy flashing from roofing with one hit in york place and the other in leith walk.
Looking at the amount of severe weather damage caused since 6am this was worse than the past to alerts we have had for high winds. Some of the damaged spotted on our shortest drive out today - a garden fence on ashley terrace with metal railings blocking pavement, tree on a house in ravelson dykes road, roofing felt with wooden roof on restalrig road, chimney pot on road in orwell place, chimney vents on Montgomery street, fallen tree on queensferry road , wooden fences ripped apart at len lothain granton, various metal refuse bins drifting along Easter road and granton road with wild gusts.
Hopefully this weather will settle before tomorrow as we have already been affected on 27th December by not being able to travel over the forth bridge due to high wind gusts thus causing issues with the next days work.
Looks like a good new year for Edinburgh Roofing companies and scrap metal collectors what with all the metal in the streets blowing off from rooftops!
